Current Events

  • WORKSHOP ON ‘REVAMPING THE WORK SPACE’ INDUSTRY CHALLENGES
    Our Coordinator, Mr. Subramanian was invited by Kumaraguru College of Liberal Arts & Science, to deliver a lecture & conduct a Workshop on ‘Revamping the Work Space’ Industry Challenges. The lecture was attended by over 60 students of Ist year B.Com including few of the Commerce Faculty staff.  CVC conducted a quiz and also an workshop, which included carrying out a SWOT analysis in 5 major industry sectors. It was well perceived program, with an interactive session which kept the students engaged thru’ out the session.
    We thank the Management of KCLAS to having giving CVC an opportunity to educate their students, on this relevant  topic.

  • CVC INTER-COLLEGIATE COMPETITION 2023-24

  • CVC- Plant Sapling Ceremony 
    CVC jointly with NGM College Pollachi and Pollachi Municipality conducted a ‘Plant Sapling Ceremony’ at a Micro Composting Plant on 18th July. The innovative initiative, driven by Citizens Voice Coimbatore was well received by the Municipal authorities and plants were sown by the outgoing batch of students of NGM College Pollachi, who successfully completed the Certificate Course on CPA, Solid Waste Management and RTI.
    Mrs. Shyamala, Chairperson – Pollachi Municipality was the Chief Guest for the function, accompanied by Mrs. Sridevi – Commissioner, Pollachi Municipality, Mr. P.Muruganad Pollachi Municipal Health Officer, Mr. Shivakumar – Supervisor MCC and Mr. Ganesh – Sanitary Inspector.  Staff from NGM College included Dr. P.Bruntha – HOD Commerce Dept, NGM Pollachi, Dr. R. Manikandan – Associate Prof. Commerce Dept, NGM Pollachi and Dr. Shanmuga Priya – Asst Prof. Commerce Dept. NGM Pollachi.
    The first sapling was sown by the Chief Guest, Mrs. Shyamala, followed by the students of NGM College.  The Chief Guest addressed the gathering, highlighting the importance of better waste management, especially domestic waste.  The officials took the students on a tour of the Micro Composting Plant, emphasizing the importance of segregation and treating wet waste to produce manure.
    The highlight of these 50 saplings are flowering plants that would emit fragrance to quill bad odor from the Micro Composting Centre, thus maintaining a better environment, in the surrounding.
  • CVC- Indian Oil Corporation Awareness Program 
    Citizens Voice Coimbatore in coordination with officials from Indian Oil Corporation conducted a ‘Safety Clinic’ program on the safe use of LPG, for the students of NGM College Pollachi, at the Dr. Abdul Kalam Memorial Hall, at the college premises on 18th July 2023.
    Mr. C.M. Jayaraman, President CVC welcomed the gathering and introduced the guest speakers to the audience.
    Mr. Saravanan – Divisional Manager, IOC Coimbatore spoke at length about the safe usage of LPG Cylinders, methods to check validity of cylinder life,  methods to conserve LPG at homes.  He also explained the advantages of changing over from the conventional mild steel cylinders to composite fibre cylinder, making it lighter and completely eliminates the risk of cylinder blast.
    The Indane gas dealers of Pollachi, were present with their team, show cased the products and requested the audience to contact them, in case of any clarifications regarding LPG connections for their homes.  Mr. G. Diwakar – Sales Executive IOC Coimbatore Region thanked CVC and NGM College staff for having organized this program, aimed at spreading ‘safety norms’ while using LPG at our homes.
    Dr. R. Manikandan – Associate Prof., Commerce Dept of NGM College proposed a vote of thanks and handed over mementoes to the Guests.

  • PRIZE DISTRIBUTION CEREMONY OF CVC INTER-COLLEGIATE COMPETITION 2023

    Citizens’ Voice Coimbatore, a Voluntary Consumer Organization has always been in the forefront of taking up issues, from a broad perspective, for a common
    cause aimed at empowering the next generation. CVC supported by CAG (Consumer Action Group), Chennai, M/s Zoho Corporation and M/s LYCA Kovai Kings, conducted an Inter-Collegiate Competition, on the 19th & 20th August, at Kumaraguru College Campus. The theme of the competition was aptly named ‘Green Tech Fusion’ and was split into 3 topics, viz Solid Waste Management, Renewable Energy and Digital Era. Teams were allowed to choose any one of the 3 subjects to showcase their talent either through a street play, skit, mime or display & explain futuristic models / ideas on the chosen topic, highlighting the latest revelations in the subject.

    Over 300 students from 18 different colleges took part in this innovative competition, to bring out the talents and skills of the student population. Apart from many colleges from Coimbatore, there were colleges from Karur, Thiuchengode, Gobichettiplayam who participated in the event. Mr. C.M. Jayaraman, President, Citizens’ Voice Coimbatore welcomed the gathering and highlighted some of the major milestones achieved by the organization during 2022 – 2023.

    Mr. G.Chandeesh – Deputy Commissioner of Police, Coimbatore North, was the chief guest at the Prize Distribution held on 24 th Aug. at the same venue. He emphasized the need for youth to keep innovating and look at new possibilities to improve their careers.

    Principal Dr. Vijala Edwin Kennedy of Kumaraguru College of Liberal Arts & Science presided over the function and appreciated the organizers for the efforts taken and choosing topics that were relevant to current trends. The Guest of Honor Dr. V. Gopinath – Scientist F of Bureau of Indian Standards, released a handbook – Compendium of Consumer Court Judgements. The book consists of the most relevant and recent judgements from the Consumer Courts, which will provide clear insights into the legal precedents and protect consumers’ rights effectively.

    Mr. Subramanian. P, Coordinator, Citizens’ Voice Coimbatore proposed a Vote of thanks and concluded with a closing remark that both Citizens Voice Coimbatore and Kumaraguru College of Liberal Arts & Science wish to carry forward the spirit of collaboration to conduct more such innovative events in the future.

  • CVC INTER-COLLEGIATE COMPETITION 2023-24

  • CVC- Plant Sapling Ceremony 
    CVC jointly with NGM College Pollachi and Pollachi Municipality conducted a ‘Plant Sapling Ceremony’ at a Micro Composting Plant on 18th July. The innovative initiative, driven by Citizens Voice Coimbatore was well received by the Municipal authorities and plants were sown by the outgoing batch of students of NGM College Pollachi, who successfully completed the Certificate Course on CPA, Solid Waste Management and RTI.
    Mrs. Shyamala, Chairperson – Pollachi Municipality was the Chief Guest for the function, accompanied by Mrs. Sridevi – Commissioner, Pollachi Municipality, Mr. P.Muruganad Pollachi Municipal Health Officer, Mr. Shivakumar – Supervisor MCC and Mr. Ganesh – Sanitary Inspector.  Staff from NGM College included Dr. P.Bruntha – HOD Commerce Dept, NGM Pollachi, Dr. R. Manikandan – Associate Prof. Commerce Dept, NGM Pollachi and Dr. Shanmuga Priya – Asst Prof. Commerce Dept. NGM Pollachi.
    The first sapling was sown by the Chief Guest, Mrs. Shyamala, followed by the students of NGM College.  The Chief Guest addressed the gathering, highlighting the importance of better waste management, especially domestic waste.  The officials took the students on a tour of the Micro Composting Plant, emphasizing the importance of segregation and treating wet waste to produce manure.
    The highlight of these 50 saplings are flowering plants that would emit fragrance to quill bad odor from the Micro Composting Centre, thus maintaining a better environment, in the surrounding.
  • CVC- Indian Oil Corporation Awareness Program 
    Citizens Voice Coimbatore in coordination with officials from Indian Oil Corporation conducted a ‘Safety Clinic’ program on the safe use of LPG, for the students of NGM College Pollachi, at the Dr. Abdul Kalam Memorial Hall, at the college premises on 18th July 2023.
    Mr. C.M. Jayaraman, President CVC welcomed the gathering and introduced the guest speakers to the audience.
    Mr. Saravanan – Divisional Manager, IOC Coimbatore spoke at length about the safe usage of LPG Cylinders, methods to check validity of cylinder life,  methods to conserve LPG at homes.  He also explained the advantages of changing over from the conventional mild steel cylinders to composite fibre cylinder, making it lighter and completely eliminates the risk of cylinder blast.
    The Indane gas dealers of Pollachi, were present with their team, show cased the products and requested the audience to contact them, in case of any clarifications regarding LPG connections for their homes.  Mr. G. Diwakar – Sales Executive IOC Coimbatore Region thanked CVC and NGM College staff for having organized this program, aimed at spreading ‘safety norms’ while using LPG at our homes.
    Dr. R. Manikandan – Associate Prof., Commerce Dept of NGM College proposed a vote of thanks and handed over mementoes to the Guests.

  • VALEDICTORY FUNCTION OF CVC- CERTIFICATE COURSE

    The Valedictory function for the ‘first batch’ of 40 students, who attended the Certificate Course – (Consumer Protection Act, Insight into RTI and Waste Management – its’ impact on Environment) conducted by CVC in coordination with NGM Pollachi, was held on 29th March, 2023 at NGM College.

    The HOD of Commerce Dept. Dr. Brundha, welcomed the gathering and stressed the importance of this course to students. The Chief Guest of the day was Former Coimbatore District Court & Consumer Court Judge Mr. A.B. Balachander and the function was presided by the Principal of NGM College Dr. Muthukumaran. Judge Balachander address the outgoing students, by highlighting the importance of being a ‘responsible consumer’ and the urgent need to take care of our environment by being responsible citizen in making our towns /cities a better place to live in.

    Dr. Manikandan – Asst Prof. of Commerce Dept. proposed a vote of thanks, only after an effective interactive session with the students. NGM College, proposes to have the second batch of students ready for the coming academic year in the next couple of months.

  • BIS & FEDCOT – INDIA IN ASSOCIATION WITH CVC- AWARENESS CAMPAIGN 

    Bureau of Indian Standards, Coimbatore Branch in association with FEDCOT (Federation of Consumer Organizations of Tamil Nadu) joined hands with Citizens  Voice Coimbatore, to launch an Awareness Campaign of Indian Standards to households, across India, beginning 15 th March to commemorate the World Consumer Rights Day.

    Despite the given time constraints we had gathered 115 students from 8 different colleges across Coimbatore district, who willingly participated in the Orientation Program and offered to be ‘Volunteers’ for the Quality Connect Campaign. The idea of this All-India level campaign was to highlight the importance of BIS as a Standards Institution and explain its various activities to public at large, thereby creating awareness.

    The Orientation Program was very well conducted by BIS officials, Mr. Rajeev and Mr. Kavin. The Orientation program concluded with an interactive Question / Answer session, thereby clarifying all queries related to the Quality Connect campaign.A remarkable feature of this campaign was that this was a ‘paperless’ campaign and was being conducted across India on 15 th March, simultaneously linking up all the volunteers thru’ the BIS App. Out of 114 volunteers who participated on behalf of CVC / FEDCOT, 95 students have successfully completed the campaign, covering a minimum of 25 households, by each volunteer. We would like to put on record the appreciation that goes to BIS, who have announced an honorarium payment of Rs. 1500 per each of the volunteers, who has completed the campaign successfully.

  • Field Visit to Odanthurai village

    CVC Management team organized a field visit to Odandurai Village Panchayat, for the current batch of students at NGM College Pollachi, who have enrolled for the Certificate Course on CPA & Waste Management conducted by CVC. Mr. Shanugam – Ex President of Odandurai Panchayat took the students on a site tour and explained the highlights of the various schemes started by him during the difficult days and dwelled on how good governance can actually help build a ‘Better India’

    Visit to District Consumer Redressal Forum

    CVC officials had organized a visit to the District Redressal Forum courts for the students of NGM college who have enrolled fir the certificate course in Consumer Protection.  It was a part of the scheduled practical session of the course, as per the approved syllabus being arranged by CVC in collaboration with NGM College Pollachi.  The students got a ‘hands on’ experience of the proceedings at the Court / Forum, which we presume will go a long way for students to retain the important aspect of CPA.

  • CERTIFICATE DISTRIBUTION CEREMONY

    In a first of its kind, CVC successfully conducted a Certificate Course on Consumer Protection Act, RTI and Solid Waste Management – its impact on environment, in association with NGM College Pollachi. The Certificate Distribution Ceremony, for the first batch of 36 students was held on 22nd June 2023 at the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial hall, at Podanur, Coimbatore.
    The function was presided over by Mr. R. Thangavel – President, District Consumer Redressal Commission, who emphasized the need for the younger generation to know about Consumer rights and the boon given by RTI Act to the common man, in India.  Special guest Mr. Srirangam R Murali, Head of Programmes, All India Radio / Doordarshan felicitated the students highlighted the advantages of having an insight in CPA, RTI and the Environment around us, for better sustainability.   Another special guest Mr. C. Gopinath, Scientist F, from the Bureau of Indian Standards, Coimbatore also felicitated the recipients, explaining  the significance of the legitimate rights of a Consumer and also spoke about how Bureau of Indian Standards is taking forward their initiatives to the Consumer, thru’ their BIS App and Quality Connect programmes.
    All the guests appreciated the efforts taken by CVC to bring about such a course to the student community and Mr. Jayaraman, President CVC spoke of the major achievements during the last 4 decades of CVC.  Joint Secretary of CVC, Mr. M.M. Rajendran proposed a vote of thanks.

  • National Conference on Air Pollution & Climate Change

    CVC Representatives participated in the National Conference on Air Pollution & Climate Change, at Chennai on 31st Jan 2023, conducted by Citizen Consumer and Civic & Action Group, Chennai.  Eminent speakers including Mr. G. Sundarajan – Poovulagin Nanbargal; Prof. Sultan Ismail, Member of the State Planning Commission, Tamil Nadu; Mr. Sunil Dahiya, Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air and Mr. Shibu Nair of Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives. The session was an eye opener, highlighting the importance improving our waste management techniques, thereby improving the quality of the air we breathe.

  •     MOCK COURT COMPETITION
    As a part of our 40th anniversary celebrations, Citizens’ Voice Coimbatore., conducted a two day inter collegiate ‘mock court competition’ on consumer awareness, on 26th & 27th Nov. at Bishop Appasamy College of Arts & Science.  It was an overwhelming success with 82 teams participating from 18 colleges in the competition.  It was carried out jointly with the support of DCB Bank, Citizen Consumer & Civic Action Group, Chennai; Anti Corruption Movement, Covai and Vevasayeegal Sangam, Kovai District.
    Prize money of Rs. 10000, 5000 and 3000 have been finalized for the first three positions, excluding a Rolling shield for the Best Performing College and a special prize for the best Coordinator amongst the participating teams.
    The main objective of the competition was to create consumer awareness and an understanding of the Consumer Protection Act, 2019. among college students.
    It was well received and CVC  intends to have the prize distribution on the 17th Dec. which will soon be updated on this website.
  • ” CVC team were invited by Shree Venkateshwara College, Gobichettipalyam for the MOU signing     ceremony, followed by a lecture on Consumer Awareness by Mr. CM Jayaraman, for over 300 students.
    Subsequent to this, Mr. R. Kumar of CVC conducted a ‘Mock Court’ demo session, for the benefit of the students.
    Later Mr. Subramanian addressed the students on how to make ‘wealth from waste’. Students were advised on the impact of waste in India, if not managed better.
    Finally, Mr. Odandurai Shanmugam, gave a very well received speech on ‘good governance in local bodies -Clean Energy.
    The program was extremely well organized and CVC thanks the Management of Shree Venkateshwara College for the same.

  • CVC team consisting of Mr. C.M. Jayaraman & Mr. Subramanian. P conducted a guest lecture on Consumer Protection Act  and on Waste Management challenges, to students of  RVS Institute of Management Studies, on 15th Nov. The management team consisting of Dr. P.V. Prabha, Director –  Institute of Management Studies & Dr. Dharmalingam welcomed CVC members. The interactive session was well received by the budding MBA graduates.

  • An MOU signing ceremony was held at M/s Jansons Institute of Technology, on 17th Nov.  CVC was represented by Mr. C.M. Jayaraman & Mr. Subramanian. P.  The Management team from Jansons consisting of Dr. M.V. Suresh Kumar – Director Administration, Dr. R.Senjudarvannan – Prof. & HOD of Physics Dept. and Dr. S Bhavani – Prof. Dept. of Physics, welcomed the team from CVC.   A guest lecture session was arranged by the college, related to Consumer Protection act, which was well attended by over 300  students (First year engineering students).

  • Certificate course on Consumer Protection Act and Waste Management and its impact on Environment was launched on 01st Oct. at NGM College Pollachi, by Mr. Srirangam Murali – Head of Programs, All India Radio and Doordarshan, Coimbatore.  The faculty includes imminent professors and senior consumer activists, which has attracted over 50 students to register for the first batch, in a span of 2 weeks!

  • Looking at the response received on the inaugural course, CVC plans to introduce this course at other colleges, with preference to those linked to CVC, in line with their MOU

  • A successful program on Cyber Crime Awareness at Bishop Appasamy College on 11th Oct. in association with Coimbatore City Police and SBI, Zonal office, Coimbatore. Mr. Dileep Singh Yadav, Deputy General Manager, SBI Coimbatore, delivered the keynote address, stressing the point about how Banks are available to guide the public, in order to prevent getting cheated in ‘online transactions’.

  • Mr. V. Balakrishnan, IPS – Commissioner of Police addressed the gathering, citing examples and the necessity for public to be extra careful while sharing personal data on social media platforms. The program was very well received with students from various college in attendance, including with few senior citizens.

  • Traffic Offense by Juveniles – An Awareness Campaign.

    CVC is in touch with RTO & Traffic Police Dept. to spread the awareness of penalties involved for juveniles, for driving on public roads. It will be an extensive poster campaign, being done in association with Traffic Police and RTO officials and posters will be affixed on all school notice boards and student transport buses.

  • Traffic Snarls

    We have been constantly complaining with the Coimbatore Corporation officials for the indiscriminate digging of important roads, especially during this festive
    season which results in a huge inconvenience to travelling public.

  • To spread Cyber Crime awareness, as suggested by Coimbatore City Police, CVC is in talks for formation of Cyber Clubs in colleges in & around Coimbatore
    and conduct a series of lectures / talk shows / presentations to educate student community of potential threats of economic fraud and character assassination
    cases by impersonation, using fake IDs.